Best ways to save money on Hanukkah Dinner?

First, what I would do, is make a list of the ingredients and things you’ll need to purchase to have a nice Hanukkah dinner. Include desserts, appetizers, and beverages, as well as the necessities for the meal itself. Make sure you include amounts of items, so you know how much you’ll be buying and exactly how much you’ll be using.

Next, I would ask any of my friends if there were items they also needed that we could share or purchase in bulk to save money. For example, if you’ll both need 2 lbs of x, then it makes more sense financially to split a 5 lb bag than for each of you to purchase a 5 lb bag. Do this with as many items on your list as possible.

I would also consider making as many items from scratch as possible. If this isn’t something you would normally do, it can be a bit intimidating, but it’s often worth it financially to learn. If you regularly buy pie, think about making the pie yourself.To further save, you can offer to make pies for others (if you happen to be a good, confident pie-maker).

You can charge enough to cover the cost of their ingredients, plus a bit extra to cover the cost of your own pie. If you’re hosting dinner for other families, you can save money by asking if they would each bring a dish, sort of like a potluck meal. For example, I would ask my sister-in-law and brother to handle dessert, because she enjoys making sweet treats and my brother is usually picky about what is served after the meal.

I might ask my sister to provide drinks because she loves to help out and contribute, but she doesn’t cook and isn’t isn’t really interested in learning. My mom usually likes to make salads, so I would let her take over that responsibility. Just because you’re hosting the meal doesn’t mean you need to take care of everything!

And, lastly, don’t buy everything all at once. If there are items that will keep, like dry or canned baking ingredients, you can buy them well ahead of time when they’re on sale. Likewise, look for deals and coupons in your local paper and online and plan your meal around great finds.

You could save a lot of money because every little thing adds up. Good luck and happy Hanukkah!

This is a good question. Check with your local grocery stores for up-coming specials. Many stores provide a free shopper's card that will build up points that can give you bonuses like a free turkey, or one that is very low cost.

If you want to make a turkey for Christmas, and you have the space, purchase your Christmas bird before Thanksgiving. Many people do turkey for Thanksgiving and ham for Christmas so this will save you money. If you are having a big shin-dig, you might be able to have a pot-luck Christmas dinner!

Each adult can bring a dish and then you won't have to foot the bill for the entire meal! Go to discount stores to purchase many of your baking items. You can find corn meal for cornbread dressing and pumpkin, apple, cherry, and other pie fillings cheap.

Don't buy a pie crust, make it. Pie crust is easy to make. Look below for a good pie crust recipe.

Purchase graham crackers instead of graham cracker crusts and some butter and make your own graham crusts. You can pick up aluminum pie pans and other such sundries for as low as a dollar for three. The greatest invention in the 21st century (yeah, that is an exaggeration) is the dollar store!

You can find practically everything at the dollar store! Go into them and you can find raisins and chocolate chips for cookies, pudding and those aluminum pans there, too! If you find just the right dollar store you can even find a turkey baking bag!

I'm fortunate to have about seven dollar stores within a reasonable distance from my home so I have a lot of variety to choose from. Don't discount dollar stores for stocking stuffers, either. You can get candies, little toys and trinkets, crowns and plastic jewelry for the girls, and even the stockings themselves from the dollar store.

They sell wrapping paper, decorations, things to make decorations, and table dressings too! If you are one of those who gives gifts of bakes goods, you can even find a great variety of Christmas themed tins at that dollar store, too! But I digress.

Save money by looking at circulars for grocery and discount stores (like Wal-Mart) and get your items from those stores where things are the least expensive. It might be a great idea to choose the store that will give you savings on most of the items because even gasoline, driving from store to store, will cost you valuable dollars. Pie Crust: 2 1/2 c All-purpose flour 1c shortening 1t salt 1t sugar ICE water Add flour, shortening, salt, and sugar into a bowl.

Use a fork, or a pastry cutter to mix the shortening into the flour. You know it is mixed well when you have no powder flour left and the mixture looks like little beads. Add small amounts of ice water to the flour mixture, stirring frequently.

When the dough is slightly sticky, not to the point where it won't un-stick from your hands, it is ready to make into pie crust. Roll out 1/2 of the dough mixture by putting a healthy amount of flour on the flat surface of a table or counter. Make the dough into a ball, but don't work it too much (this will make it tough).

Pat the dough ball flat with your hand and cover it lightly with more flour. Make sure there is flour coating your rolling pin to resolve sticking. Roll the dough in all directions, keeping it the shape you need, whether round, square, or rectangle (this will depend on the pan you use).

When the dough is about 1/8 " thick fold one half over the other half and place the pan near the dough. Carefully lift the pie crust onto the pan, stopping half way and then unfold the crust to cover the pan. Carefully move the crust to form to the pan, try to not tear it.

Pinch the edges of the pie crust to the edge of the pan using fingers, a fork, or other textured device. Use a table knife to cut off the excess edges and set them aside. If you ripped the crust, you can dab a little water on the tear and use a piece of spare pie crust to patch the hole.

Graham Cracker Crust 2 cups graham cracker crumbs 1/2 cup melted butter 1/3 cup sugar Grate graham crackers in a blender, or food processor (or just crumb using a rolling pin over crackers that are in a plastic bag) until they are course granules. Put into a bowl with sugar and melted butter. Mix until all wet.

Pour mixture into a pie pan or other container and start patting the mixture firm across the bottom and sides of the pan. Continue to push the graham cracker mix around the edges until you have even coverage. You can smooth the top edge of the crust by pushing down with your fingers or breaking the excess off to use in weaker spots of the crust.

Bake in 400 degree oven for 10 minutes to set. Save covered until ready to fill.

Pitch in! Share the cost with the guests. Have a sign up sheet before to get the choices and then no one will have the total cost.

And skip the fancy plastic silverware etc. Use what you have. Focus on the company and not the fancy items you might have had in other years.

Your first step to saving money on Christmas Dinner is to decide ahead of time what you want to serve. The sooner you know, the sooner you can start looking for those deals. There are some crazy prices on turkeys around Thanksgiving, some hitting ten cents or so per pound.So, when you buy your Thanksgiving turkey on sale, grab an extra one for Christmas.

Additionally, stuffing, cranberries, rolls, canned corn, canned sweet potatoes, and virtually everything for Thanksgiving Dinner goes on sale prior to Thanksgiving. Buy two of each item and you'll have enough for not only Thanksgiving Dinner, but for Christmas Dinner as well. Now, if for some reason you don't want to do the turkey idea, check out your weekly circulars for supermarkets each week.

There are meat specials, including ham and beef, around the holidays. When you see a great deal on meat, buy some extra meat for your Christmas Dinner. For example, if you want to have steak for Christmas dinner.

Wait until you see a sale on a nice cut of steak and buy it while it's on sale. Meat freezes well, so it will be fine to freeze it for a month prior to Christmas Dinner. Just defrost your meat before you intend to cook it.

You can purchase your side dishes on sale prior to Christmas as well.

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